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The following clauses may be incorporated into bid solicitations, purchase orders, and/or product specifications for food products purchased for use in any of the Child Nutrition Programs.

The vendor shall purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic commodities or products which are either an agricultural commodity produced in the United States or a food product processed in the United States substantially using agricultural commodities produced in the United States (U.S.).

The vendor shall certify the percentage of U.S. content in the products supplied to the school food authority (SFA).

The SFA reserves the right to review purchase records to ensure compliance with the Buy American provision in 7CFR Part 250.

The vendor shall provide nutrition facts labels and any other documentation requested by the SFA to ensure compliance with U.S. content requirements.

In the event a product is not produced or manufactured in the U.S.; the cost of a U.S. produced product is significantly higher than foreign products; and/or the product is not produced or manufactured in the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably available quantities of a satisfactory quality, the vendor shall provide reasonable notice to the SFA in advance of the product purchase. The SFA may then issue approval of such product purchases on a case-by-case basis.​